As Ryou finished off the demons, his perception suddenly picked up a human presence approaching from behind. Hmm? When he turned around, he saw the highest-ranking Demon Slayer from the group of five running towards him.
The young slayer was around 19 years old and had a muscular build, his black hair trimmed into a buzzcut. He had introduced himself earlier as Kazuki.
Now, he was rushing towards Ryou in a disheveled state, shouting, "Ryou-sama!"
Ryou squinted, activating his Transparent World to assess Kazuki's condition. Aside from some superficial injuries, there's nothing major that would threaten his life.
"What happened?" Ryou asked calmly as Kazuki reached him, gasping for breath. He handed him a small gourd of water stored at his waist.
Kazuki drank some water and spoke in a shaky voice, "We were attacked by a powerful wolf-like demon. It's unlike anything we've encountered before."
Even before Kazuki's explanation, Ryou activated his Nature Mode while his perception extended across several kilometers. He discovered the corpse of one of the Demon Slayers, but what caught him off guard was a massive, werewolf-like figure chasing two other Slayers, both heading in his direction.
Within seconds, the two demon slayers appeared within his line of sight and shouted in desperation as they sprinted toward him. "Ryou-sama, save us!"
"Stay here!" Ryou said to Kazuki, moving in a flash to the side of the two Demon Slayers. With lightning speed, he intercepted the werewolf's incoming claw strike with his Nichirin blade and delivered a powerful kick to the creature's stomach.
"Bang!" The force of the kick sent the werewolf-like beast flying, crashing through several trees before skidding to a halt, a considerable distance away.
Ryou already felt something wrong as this creature didn't emit any demonic presence. 'A werewolf? Does this world even have those? And it seems pretty weak!' His expression turned weird.
Before he could fully process what was happening around him, one of the Demon Slayers he had just saved suddenly attacked him from behind with a sword. The strike was fast—too fast.
Ryou barely dodged the slash aimed at his neck by a hair's breadth with his inhuman strength and reaction. If not for his Nature Mode being active, he would have either been gravely injured or killed by the strike.
Cold sweat trickled down his forehead as the hairs on his body stood on end. His heartbeat raced at the near feeling of death, and it was abnormally loud.
Not even the strongest demons like Upper Moon One gave him such a near-death feeling, yet such sensations were shown by fellow humans.
Without giving him any chance to react, the second Demon Slayer flashed in front of him, as if he had teleported. With a ferocious expression, he thrust his sword at his heart, shouting, "Die, Anomaly!"
Ryou couldn't react to the speed of the attack even with his strength as it was unlike anything he had encountered before, far surpassing even Kokushibo, the Upper Moon One.
It's like a supernatural ability. Though Ryou was stunned for a moment by the series of attacks and what was happening around him, he finally reacted with a simple thought. 'Tekkai!'
'Swish!'
The sword penetrated Ryou's skin but failed to pierce through his hardened muscle. The second Demon Slayer, stunned by his failed attack, thought, "Damn, what is his body made of? Steel?"
Ryou's eyes turned cold as he finally had a moment to catch his breath. An overwhelming aura erupted from him, filling the air with such intense pressure that the two demon slayers instinctively took several steps back, their faces pale with fear.
It was as though they were staring directly into the eyes of death itself.
"Bang!"
At the same moment, Ryou tilted his head to the left, dodging a bullet fired by Kazuki, the Demon Slayer with the highest rank that he interacted with moments ago.
When Ryou looked over, Kazuki was holding a modern gun—a Tommy Gun, if Ryou wasn't mistaken—and looked nothing like the injured and fearful Demon Slayer from before.
His calm eyes locked onto Ryou as he squeezed the trigger. The steady dut, dut, dut of the automatic gun echoed through the forest, sending a barrage of bullets straight at Ryou.
With a firm grip on his blade, Ryou slashed through the air, creating a powerful wind pressure wave that deflected the incoming bullets. Ryou's figure blurred as he flashed to the side, evading the bullets.
"Retreat!" The Slayer Kazuki's voice rang out loud.
In the next moment, something small was tossed into the air—a stun grenade. It detonated mid-air with a deafening bang, releasing a blinding flash that momentarily disrupted Ryou's senses.
Just a second later, Ryou regained his vision but there was no one left in the vicinity. It was as if everything had been an illusion. Yet the bullet casings scattered across the ground, the remnants of the stun grenade, and the damage to the surroundings proved it had all been real.
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'What just happened?' His head trying to process what had unfolded here.
Ryou's mind filled with questions as he looked up at the bright moon, sitting cross-legged in the forest clearing where he had just been assassinated.
"Who are those guys? Werewolves...Guns...Grenades...Superhuman strength and extraordinary sword techniques that are completely different from Breathing techniques.
Aside from that... Why the fuck did they try to assassinate me?" Ryou muttered to himself. His mind struggled to make sense of the bizarre encounter with all the details.
"What does 'Anomaly' mean?"
Instead of trying to answer the question on his own, Ryou focused his mind, and the system panel materialized within his thoughts.
"System, please tell me what's happening?" he asked. The System responded immediately as if it was waiting for his question.
"As you guessed, the four come from Earth. When your soul transmigrated to this world with the system's assistance, Earth underwent a significant transformation.
The will of Earth has awakened in response to external threats. In order to protect itself and fight the external threat, it had no choice but to improve the strength of the humans.
With its power, it turned the fictional worlds into reality."
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Author's Note: I'm writing this after the recent poll and a change in decision.
I know some of you may not like this concept, or it may feel a bit abrupt. Starting from the Naruto world, concepts like this won't be included.
I'm re-editing the Demon Slayer World. If this version isn't to your liking, you can revisit it after a few days or start reading from the Naruto World arc, which begins in Chapter 76.
Thanks for your understanding!
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